Unleavened bread

Bakers and business people are of a similar breed. One likes to see his bread rise, the other his profits. Dora Mills is a company that likes to see both. Its revenues from flour sales increased by 11 % between l 995 and 1998, from $4.48 million to $6.64 million, and then dropped to $6 million last year. “We’ve been growing steadily, not dramatically,” says owner Arslan Sinno. He should be grateful for that. A small player in a sector that is dominated by big firms, Dora Mills survives by being innovative and versatile in a market that has seen more • than one mill fall by the wayside. The local milling industry is in a sorry state, the victim of a misguided government policy designed to help struggling farmers but simultaneously harms an important industry. For the last few years, the government, through the wheat board, has forced local